Fight Songs
Track Listings
| 1. Jagged | ||
| 2. Lonely Holiday | ||
| 3. Oppenheimer | ||
| 4. Indefinitely | ||
| 5. What We Talk About | ||
| 6. Crash on the Barrelhead | ||
| 7. Murder (Or a Heart Attack) | ||
| 8. Alone So Far | ||
| 9. Busted Afternoon | ||
| 10. Nineteen | ||
| 11. Let the Idiot Speak | ||
| 12. Valentine |
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com's Best of 1999
By dropping their y'allternative pretensions, busting out their rock chops, and releasing the pop child within, the Old 97's come out of the country and into the limelight. Some fans may decry the lack of twang, but there is no denying that Fight Songs is a terrific album, from its rollicking guitars to Rhett Miller's aw-shucks lyrical look at love's travails. --Tod Nelson
Amazon.com
Barely into the second track of Fight Songs the Old 97's, who've made cantankerous sore-heartedness a virtue, sound harmonically mellow and sweet. "Lonely Holiday," on first pass, is edgeless, but then you get "19" and yet more polished eschewal of this old band's incisive penchant. Does it bring Fight Songs down? A bit, but clean production aside, the Old 97's show tremendous growth from the scrappy twang of Wreck Your Life and even Too Far to Care. These are pop tunes, no doubt, and the twang... read more
Fight Songs
Fight Songs, Music, Old 97's, Alternative Country-Rock, Americana, Pop, Rock, Rock/Pop
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